Medical Specialties

Pediatric Sedation

At Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, pediatric sedation can be administered to enhance safety and comfort during tests or procedures. Board-certified, subspecialty-trained pediatric critical care physicians and world-class anesthesiologists lead the sedation team. Our dedicated and experienced pediatric sedation nurses continuously assess and carefully monitor each child before, during and after his or her entire procedure.

Tests or procedures that require pediatric sedation include, but are not limited to:

Advantages of The Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Experience

We are dedicated to providing care that exceeds the expectations of the patients, families and referring pediatricians we serve. Here are some of the advantages of pediatric sedation at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital:

Safety and Quality Focused

Strict adherence to the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Sedation of Children

Immediate access to all specialists and higher levels of care in case of an emergency

Participation in the nationwide Image GentlySM campaign, recently introduced by the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging to raise awareness and educate health professionals and parents about the need to lower and limit the exposure of children to radiation

Calibration of equipment in accordance with the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle